Archive for May 2009

drafting

Posted 26 May 2009 by
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I’m always amazed by how much things can change in writing. My Celebration Poem For Mother’s Day, I decided to write a poem for my mom. Getting a jump on things, I started writing the night before. But, I thought about it for longer than that. Anyway, I had this bumpy, lumpy and awkward thing [...]

sharing twitter fun

Posted 22 May 2009 by
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People ask me about Twitter because I’m doing it. I would love to tell them something insightful, wise and born of my months of tweeting. But really it’s something that you have to do to learn how to do it. And relax on demanding that you understand it.

using threes to gain perspective

Posted 19 May 2009 by
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It happens sometimes that we get caught up in doing, in acting on plans that we’ve made. I know it happens to me. And it’s great when your job can transport you out of time and place for a while. A lot of times though, we go through life, living whole chunks in passing without [...]

4 traits success stories have in common

Posted 14 May 2009 by
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You ever notice how people and events, seem to have commonalities in their success stories? Certain characteristic traits are present in success stories I read and hear about, and they tend to jump out at me sometimes. This year, I went home to New Orleans, Louisiana over the Mardi Gras celebration. I witnessed these four [...]

bossing your freelance business

Posted 13 May 2009 by
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Freelance is the life! I work when I want, doing the jobs I want to do. I’m going to be so successful! Isn’t it grand! Well, yes and no. Like most things in life, freelance is what you bring to it. To get the best results, you should be bringing your A game to whatever [...]

connecting on social media

Posted 6 May 2009 by
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Why Social Media? Social media is the environment in which communities can blossom. This is far different from websites which are largely one-sided. Websites are great. It takes a lot of work to pull together the wealth of information to sustain an informative and current website. When done well, they can be great repositories to [...]